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Oruro
- unknown - city in western Bolivia that was once an important silver and tin mining region
Ovule
- noun - a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization
- a small or immature ovum
- In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to and contains the female reproductive cells
Paugy
- - The scup. See Porgy, and Scup.
Pauli
- noun - United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958)
Paune
- - A kind of bread. See Pone.
Pause
- noun -
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
- temporary inactivity
Pauxi
- - A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often domesticated.
Piute
- noun - a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States
Pluck
- noun - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
- pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
- the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
- the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
Pluff
- - To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs.